Granada!

So I am basically weeks behind on my blog because I procrastinate more than the average person. But about a month ago our group took a weekend trip to Granda, Spain which is about a 5 hour bus ride from Alicante. The city is MUCH smaller than anywhere else (Madrid, Barcelona, anywhere...) but it was still a really cool place to visit! On one side there are snow filled mountains larger than any I have seen in my life, and on the other side of the roads there are palm trees and rivers, crazy right? Once we got there we went to a flamenco show which is just a style of spanish dancing that a family puts on in a cave in the mountains. It was so fun to go to, and after of course they were able to ask for one volunteer to get up and try to learn and OF COURSE I just had to be that person, so now im basically a pro with all the spanish dance moves. 

Thats me, getting my groove on.

After the show our whole group went to a "discoteca" which is basically a night club and was the biggest one they have in Granada, called Granada 10! It is based out of an old colosseum so I pretty much felt like I was in a movie while dancing the night away there.

The next morning, the group got up to get and visit one of the 7 architectural wonders of the world called "La Alhambra" (you should seriously look this up. It is gorgeous) It took almost 3 hours to tour the entire thing and took about every ounce of attention span I've ever had in my life to actually listen to everything there is to know about it. 

La Alhambra at night

La Alhambra during the day

The crazy thing is, the pictures do not even do it justice!! (but you guys are glad I got a camera for christmas now, huh??)

So the next day, we traveled by bus to a small town outside of Granada to visit cave people. Yup, thats right, cave people. People still actually LIVE in caves. They are little shelters in the sides of the mountains where people live and the absolutely love it, if only they knew what they were missing out on in the good old United States (mainly Chic Fil A)

"Cueva de Jose" = The Cave of Jose
Their version of addresses